Join us Sat, Jan 31 at the Fig Tree Legislative Conference! Featuring PJALS leaders Liz Moore, Shantell Jackson, and youth organizer Fenrir Close lifting up art, music & people power for change. 👉🏽 secure.givelively.org/donate/the-f...

Today we honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his enduring legacy in the struggle for racial justice, economic dignity, and peace. His vision continues to guide our work. Our offices will be closed Monday, January 19 in observance of MLK Day.

Applications for our Operations Coordinator role will be officially closed at midnight. Last chance to get your applications in now! Huge thanks to everyone who applied and shared this opportunity. We’re grateful for the community showing up to support this work for peace and equity. ✨

Drumroll please 🥁 Our Member-to-Member Matching Challenge raised $37,480 total — including an $8,000 boost that grew our matching fund from $9,345 to $17,345 from 10 donors, plus $20,135 from 62 challengers! PJALS members are the best. It’s not too late to give: pjals.org/donate

NO WAR ON VENEZUELA! 🇻🇪 Congress must do its job. We are asking members to take targeted action based on where certain elected officials currently stand. Elected officials need to hear from us immediately that we oppose this illegal war and demand accountability.

⏳ 1 week left! PJALS is hiring a part-time Operations Coordinator—help run our team, support justice & equity, and make an impact! 20 hrs/week, $28–$32/hr | Downtown Spokane + hybrid Apply here 👉🏽 pjals.org/now-hiring-operations-coordinator

⏳ Final hours! Today is the last chance to have your gift matched dollar for dollar — thanks to PJALS members, staff, and Steering Committee ($9,345 raised!). Donate now and make your impact go twice as far 👉🏽 pjals.org/25mbr2mbr 💛✊🏽

⏳ 2 days left to double your impact! Every gift through Dec 31 will be matched thanks to PJALS members, staff, and Steering Committee ($9,345 raised!). Join the challenge and fuel long-term organizing for justice. 💛 👉🏽 pjals.org/25mbr2mbr

Our Executive Director Liz Moore invites us to slow down, breathe, and listen within. ❄️✨ This Winter Solstice letter is a reflection on stillness, dignity, belonging, and our shared movement for collective liberation—rooted in breath, connection, and the quiet wisdom of the dark.

✨ Save the date! ✨ The 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference is Saturday, March 21, 2026 Theme: From Survival to Vision: Crafting the Future We Deserve 🎤 Call for Proposals is open! Apply by Jan 23, 2026 See you then! 👉🏽 pjals.org/action-conference-proposals

PJALS will be closed Dec 23–Jan 4 for our annual Winter Shutdown. Each year we take this time to rest, restore, and resist burnout so we can return grounded and strong. Our dedicated team and PJALS Peacekeepers will be back in the office Jan 5. For more details 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter-shutdown

Generous PJALS members, staff, & Steering Committee have already pledged $9,345 to match every gift through Dec 31. Double your impact & help build a just, nonviolent world 👉🏽 pjals.org/25mbr2mbr ✊🏽💛

The Fall ‘25 YALP Graduation kick-back! 😎 Today we celebrated the 2025 YALP Fall Cohort—27 youth activists stepping into their leadership and collective power.

It’s graduation day! 🎓✨ Honoring the 27 young leaders of our 2025 YALP Fall Cohort — organizers, dreamers, and change-makers who spent the last months growing their skills and their power. We can’t wait to see what you build next. 💛

Join the PJALS team! ❤️ We’re hiring a part-time **Operations Coordinator** to help keep our work for peace and equity running strong. 20 hrs/week, $28–$32/hr. Apply by Jan 9 Apply here 👉🏽 pjals.org/now-hiring-operations-coordinator

Thanks to generous and committed PJALS members, staff, and Steering Committee, $9,345 is already raised for our Member-to-Member Matching Challenge! 💛✨ Give by Dec 31 and double your impact: pjals.org/25mbr2mbr

This past Saturday’s Nonviolent Direct Action Training, co-hosted and facilitated with SCAR, was the real deal.

Read the full Winter Newsletter to see how our Peacekeepers help build connection, safety, and joy in Spokane. 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter25 #Peacekeepers

Handful of Salt XLIX, Vol. 4 ❄️ Across the world and here at home, authoritarian playbooks are predictable — and people power is the strongest way to stop them. Read more in our Winter Newsletter 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter25 #PeoplePower

What a beautiful way to close out the year. ❤️ Our final Connecting for Community gathering of 2025 was full of warmth, good food, deep conversations, and so much collective care.

Handful of Salt XLIX, Vol. 4 ❄️ The next generation of organizers is here — and they’re already making moves. Check out our Winter Newsletter for this season’s YALP highlights! 💜 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter25 #YouthLeadership

Our final YALP Cohort session for the year wrapped with a full house + a whole lot of brilliance. ✨

Handful of Salt XLIX, Vol. 4 ❄️ So many people showed up this year — to learn, organize, build relationships, and take action together. 💜 Check out PJALS by the Numbers in our Winter Newsletter! 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter25

50 years of community power! Thanks to your generosity, we reached — and surpassed — our fundraising goal. Read the full 2025 Winter Newsletter 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter25

Tomorrow we come together. ❤️ Join us for our final Connecting for Community of 2025 as we uplift our Fall YALP cohort and celebrate their growth and vision for justice. 📅 Thurs, Dec 4 | 5:30–7pm Register: buff.ly/Pmr9LRn

Meet Gian Mitchell, our new Regional Organizer! ❄️💛 Gian’s PJALS journey began in YALP in 2017 and grew through SURJ, BOLD, peacekeeping, an internship & the Steering Committee. Read more: pjals.org/winter25

Spokane’s first snowfall is here ❄️—and so is our 2025 Winter Newsletter! Cozy up and catch up on the stories, wins, and community power we’re building together. Click the link in our bio or go to pjals.org/winter25

This Saturday! ✊🏽 Free workshop on people power, collective noncompliance, and mass noncooperation. Lunch provided. Donations welcome. Nov 22 | 9:30am–4:30pm | Location shared after registration 👉🏽 buff.ly/MNIB6gp

Join us Thurs, Dec 4 (5:30–7pm) for our final Connecting for Community of 2025! We’ll celebrate our Fall YALP youth leaders—their growth, creativity, and visions for justice. Register here 👉🏽 buff.ly/y2NpmkP

What does it mean to “disappear” someone—and how is this happening in the U.S. today? Join us Tues, Nov 18 @ 12 PM PT for Talk About It Tuesday with Jessica Mecellem, Ph.D., on enforced disappearances, repression, and resistance. Register here 👉🏽 buff.ly/JaN0naa

When we come together, we’re unstoppable. ✊🏽 📆 Sat, Nov 22 ⏰ 9:30am–4:30pm Join us for a FREE workshop on people power, collective noncompliance, and mass noncooperation. Lunch provided. Donations welcome. Register now! 👉🏽 buff.ly/Nv134v0

Nonviolent Direct Action Training: What Activists & Organizers Need to Know Now! Sat, Dec 6, 9AM–1PM Coffee @ 8:30 Learn tactics, roles, legal basics & strategies for civil resistance. Free to attend, contributions welcome. Register now 👉🏽 buff.ly/8mcYFOe Presented by SCAR & PJALS.

Today is Election Day — ballots must be dropped off by 8 PM to count. Your vote is your voice. Let’s make it heard! #GoVote Check drop box locations here 👉🏽 buff.ly/bQ7AgDX

TOMORROW! 🗯️ Join us for Talk About It Tuesday: Protesting 101 ✊🏽 Learn how to organize safely, speak boldly & show up for justice— Nov. 4, 6–7:30 PM on Zoom. Register here 👉🏽  buff.ly/S6APSs5 #TalkAboutItTuesday #PeaceJusticeSpokane

Talk About It Tuesday 🤝🏽 Protest 101 Join us via Zoom to learn how to organize safely, speak boldly, and show up for justice together. ✊🏽 📅 Tuesday, November 4 ⏰ 6PM - 7:30PM Register here 👉🏽 buff.ly/ltrpAk4 #TalkAboutItTuesday #ProtestTraining #PeaceJusticeAction

Your generosity filled our hearts! 💜 At our 50th Anniversary Benefit Luncheon, every donation and every smile made a difference. ✨

50 years—and we’re just getting started. ✊🏽 Our 50th Anniversary Benefit Luncheon was full of energy, inspiration, and community. 💜

Thanks to the peacekeepers of @pjals.bsky.social! Supporting nonviolent peaceful resistance in #Spokane for 50 years!

Spokane showed up BIG for the No Kings Rally today! 💥 So much energy, love, and determination in the streets — our community came together to say loud and clear: no to fascism, yes to justice. ✊🏾💜

Indigenous People’s Day 🗺️ Today, we take time to reflect on how we and our families came to be on this indigenous land and analyze our relationships to settler colonialism. The PJALS office, which resides on the unceded lands of the sp'q'n'i people, will be closed in observation.

"Understanding & Overcoming Anti-Democracy Movements" with Dr. Joan Braune ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿 Sat Nov 8 | 3–5 PM | UU Church of Spokane + Zoom Free event — learn how far-right movements shape politics & how we can resist! Sign up here! 👉🏽 buff.ly/46f0J7w

Our YALP Youth Organizers brought their energy and passion to Gonzaga University! 💪🏾✨

Banned Books Week! 📚 BTP Spokane is partnering with local bookstores like Aunties, Jupiter's Eye, & Wishing Tree during Banned Books Week. 🗓️10/5 - 10/11. Buy a book to donate, BTP Spokane will receive a donation match! Support local bookstores, support Books To Prisoners Spokane!

🎤 Meet the speakers! At PJALS’ 50th Anniversary Benefit Luncheon, we’ll hear from 7 powerful voices — each of whom has been part of PJALS’ journey, helping carry this movement through 50 years. Register here 👉🏽 pjals.org/2025benefit

💙💚 Thank you to everyone who joined our Peacekeeper Training this weekend! Folks came eager to learn and ready to build skills for community safety & powerful demonstrations. ✨

🚨 Applications Open! 🚨 Spokane youth (14–22): Join YALP this fall to learn organizing, grow your own projects & build community. 🤑💡💥 $250 stipend 📅Fridays after school starting Oct 10 🌐 Apply 👉🏽 buff.ly/bHUhesx

🚨 Happening THIS SATURDAY! 🚨 ✊🏽 Peacekeeper Training: Nonviolence in Action Learn de-escalation, safety planning & hands-on skills to keep community actions safe & effective. 📅 Sat, Sept 27 | 9 AM–1 PM Register here 👉🏽 buff.ly/wt2pLbD #PeoplePower #WeKeepUsSafe #Nonviolence

💜 Thank you to our sponsors! 💜 Join us Wed, Oct 15 for PJALS’ 10th Annual Benefit Luncheon & 50th Anniversary Celebration as we honor 50 years of resistance & resilience. RSVP 👉🏽 pjals.org/2025benefit #PJALS50 #StillWeRise #PeaceAndJustice

🚨 Only 3 days left to apply! 🚨 PJALS is hiring a Regional Organizer to build grassroots race-class power for peace and justice in Spokane. 📄 Send your cover letter, resume, and 3 references as PDFs to [email protected] by Sept 22. More info 👉🏽 pjals.org/now-hiring-r...

⏳ Just 4 weeks to go! Join us Oct 15 for PJALS’ 10th Annual Benefit Luncheon & 50th Anniversary Celebration: Still We Rise — 50 Years of Resistance & Resilience. 12–1 PM (doors open 11:30). RSVP here: pjals.org/2025benefit